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In pictures: One week in Aleppo

Goran Tomasevic photographs clashes between opposition fighters and government troops in Syria's most populous city.

Wed Aug 15 2012 12:56:06 GMT+0000

A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares to fire an RPG as a Syrian Army tank shell hits a building across a street during heavy fighting in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo, August 11.

Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic has been in Aleppo, Syria's most populous city, photographing fighters from the Free Syrian Army in their ongoing battles with the Syrian Army. A selection of his photographs from the past week is below.

Free Syrian Army fighters take a break from clashes in a coffee shop in Aleppo, August 12.

A Free Syrian Army fighter helps a woman to run across a street during clashes in Aleppo, August 12.

A man and woman cry over the body of their son who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, August 12.

A man cools hot bread in front of a bakery in central Aleppo, before taking it home, August 11.

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during clashes in Aleppo, August 12.

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his rifle during heavy fighting in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo, August 11.

An empty street is pictured in central Aleppo, August 10.

A man carries a suitcase in central Aleppo, August 10.

A man and a woman look out of a window in central Aleppo, August 10.

A Free Syrian Army fighter rests next to a civilian in central Aleppo, August 10.

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon at Syrian Army soldiers from a balcony during clashes in Aleppo, August 10.

A Syrian Air Force fighter plane fires a rocket during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo, August 9.

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, August 9.

Men search for bodies under rubble of a house, destroyed by a Syrian Air force air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, north of Aleppo, August 8.

A Free Syrian Army fighter screams in pain after he was injured in a leg by shrapnel from a shell fired from a Syrian Army tank in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo, August 7.

A Free Syrian Army fighter loads magazines for rifles during clashes with the Syrian Army in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo, August 7.

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during clashes with the Syrian Army in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo, August 7.